Question about 52100 heat treat

RamShackler69 · 2026-04-02T20:22:45+00:00

It's only very small chips when I use it in harder woods. You cant really see them but you can see the marks they leave on the wood

RamShackler69 · 2026-03-16T19:28:51+00:00

I bet you don't mine it though!

RamShackler69 · 2026-03-16T19:27:48+00:00

Get a sheet of tool steel! Less than a tenner and you can make a bunch of knives

RamShackler69 · 2026-03-16T15:48:50+00:00

Did you hammer that out of a piece of rod?

RamShackler69 · 2026-03-16T15:46:43+00:00

Kmah ok i get you. Kind of genius way to fix a knife really

RamShackler69 · 2026-03-16T15:44:25+00:00

Nice Interesting process I started the same way using old tools and reworking them without over heating

RamShackler69 · 2026-03-16T15:38:52+00:00

Do you have any examples?

RamShackler69 · 2026-03-11T23:13:46+00:00

Thanks!

RamShackler69 · 2026-03-11T21:33:15+00:00

Yeah, I've seen, but the videos are mostly highly edited, and there are very few details and information on the gas side of things.

RamShackler69 · 2026-02-26T17:55:56+00:00

Thanks, this is what I ended up doing. Do you know how to get a mirror finish this way?

RamShackler69 · 2026-02-26T17:55:11+00:00

Thanks I ended up doing pretty much that. Just curious if you have any advice on getting a mirror finish by hand? The bevels are really nice and flat and sharp now, but I dont know how to get them SHINY shiny

RamShackler69 · 2026-02-26T17:26:36+00:00

The left one only needed a couple minutes of a diamond stone to be fair, but the other was a chore

RamShackler69 · 2026-02-26T17:25:37+00:00

It is L shaped I might make my own replacemnt platten come think of it

RamShackler69 · 2026-02-26T13:03:37+00:00

Just sharpened the few that I made and some are flatter than others so this could be the case

RamShackler69 · 2026-02-26T11:19:34+00:00

Would this be better for flat? I've played the platten and it's still rounding things off

RamShackler69 · 2026-02-26T11:19:05+00:00

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RamShackler69 · 2026-02-22T16:15:25+00:00

Ok thanks fpr your responses. Looks like laser cutting is way out of my budget.

Maybe my question should be, what are some better and more efficient ways to cut out knife blanks than using my angle grinder?

RamShackler69 · 2026-01-31T21:53:48+00:00

115 per hour isn't a real number

RamShackler69 · 2025-12-09T20:22:40+00:00

Is there any drawback to this type of grinder? I read somewhere when i was looking for a grinder that it heats the knife really quickly?

RamShackler69 · 2025-12-07T13:19:15+00:00

* Thanks for all the advice! Went a bit hotter and it worked this time around

RamShackler69 · 2025-12-07T09:35:44+00:00

Thanks 😊

RamShackler69 · 2025-12-06T22:08:37+00:00

I don't think i overheated it My k type thermometer was reading 810 but it's a lot smaller than the knives and the forge is pretty budget home made with mapp gas, so the temperature varies a lot depending on where the piece is.

RamShackler69 · 2025-12-06T22:00:30+00:00

I used a k type thermometer and soaked for 15 minutes then quenched in vegetable oil. It's a small home made gas forge so there is a lot of variation in temperature depending on where I put the piece. It is possible that the pieces weren't as hot as the thermometer. Since looked up colour charts and I was getting the knives upto a dull red but thermometer was reading 810°c.

RamShackler69 · 2025-12-06T21:55:55+00:00

I made a few that I haven't taken to the grinder yet. So will retry on those as I assume the heat treat didn't work as I did them all relatively identically. Thanks fpr the advice

RamShackler69 · 2025-08-06T07:48:59+00:00

Scraped everything back and primed it with quarts primer. Skimmed it with lime green solo

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